Category: Germany
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Why leave your homeland? The many and varied personal reasons can be generalized as: One example of a “push factor” is described in this blog about Mecklenburg, a region in the eastern portion of Germany. Between 1820 and 1890, new laws freed the serfs from their land without specifying where they should live. To marry,…
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The first thing to know when searching for ancestors in Germany is the religious identity. Of course, when working with immigrant ancestors whose decendants live in the United States, the first step is finding the name of the hometown. That’s a different post. But for anyone who has narrowed down a German ancestor to a…